A whole house filter connects to the main water line entering the home – every faucet, toilet, shower, bath, kitchen, and laundry connection – dispenses filtered water.

Reverse Osmosis is named because man has reversed nature’s process. R.O. forces raw tap water, which is the denser liquid, against a membrane by utilizing the city’s water pressure. When forced against the highly polished surface of the membrane, the water molecules dissolve in the thin membrane layer and diffuse through it molecule by molecule, forming pure water on the product side of the membrane and in the process leaving 95% – 99% of the contaminants behind.

A whole house filter connects to the main water line entering your house so that all of the water in your house – faucets, toilets, showers, baths, kitchen, laundry – dispense filtered water. Typically the whole house water filter is connected to the main water line and before a water softener. NOTE: Whole house filters do not remove water hardness; only water softeners remove water hardness. NOTE: Whole house filters to not remove cancer causing contaminants, pharmaceutical drugs or infectious microorganisms; only a reverse osmosis system can remove them. 

A two stage pre-filter and carbon block filter. The pre-filter removes dirt, silt, rust and debris. The carbon block filter reduces many contaminants and eliminates chlorine, lead and odors and smells. Under normal water use 2.5×20 filters last between 6 months to a year depending on your water quality and water use. 

No – water softeners remove hardness minerals and use salt whereas whole house water filters remove a broader range of contaminants.

Absolutely! Most people like to do more than soften their water when they see the benefits of doing so. People think water softeners remove everything from water, which is wrong. Water softeners only remove water hardness whereas the whole house filtration systems remove a broader list of contaminants. Both systems together give you soft, clean filtered water (not purified water) and water that is odor free throughout the home and not just soft water only.

Pentek, which is owned by Pentair, is the manufacturer of our filter housings which are made in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Pentek housings come with a one-year warranty for manufacturer defects.

1. The system must be maintained with manufacturer-approved replacement parts from Ohio Valley Pure Water. Save all receipts for verification.
2. Failures resulting from fire, freezing, neglect, self-service, accident, alteration, abuse, or acts of nature are not covered.
3. Customers must have a working water pressure regulator not to exceed 75psi.
4. The system must be maintained by Ohio Valley Pure Water only. Save all receipts for verification.
5. Incoming water chlorine must not exceed .5 mg/L.
6. Chloramines must not be present at all.